Gilles Simon News

A FORMER world No 1 who has fallen to 70th may not look like the toughest opponent for Andy Murray, but the No 3 seed will be taking nothing for granted when he meets Juan Carlos Ferrero in the quarter-final today.

Juan Carlos Ferrero, who needed a wild card entry into Wimbledon is now the only Spaniard left in the quarter finals of the competition.

Third-seeded Andy Murray survived a five-set scare Monday during fourth-round play at the Wimbledon Championships in London.

World number three Andy Murray says he is ready to raise his performance level another notch as he heads into the second week at Wimbledon.

Andy Murray is trying to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.

Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero became the first wild-card entry to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals since eventual champion Goran Ivanisevic in 2001 with an impressive victory over Gilles Simon today.

Roger Federer came out on top of a "serving contest" on Centre Court to book his place in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

Melanie Oudin celebrates after beating Jelena Jankovic at Wimbledon Saturday. WIMBLEDON, England -- As a tyke growing up in Marietta, Ga., Melanie Oudin would watch Venus and Serena Williams on TV and tell anyone who would listen that she was going to play at Wimbledon, too, one day.

WIMBLEDON Date: 22 June - 5 July Coverage: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD, Red Button, website streaming and text commentary, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC iPlayer Tennis on the BBC Roddick's big serve was for the most part too much for Kunitsyn to handle Andy Roddick progressed to round three of Wimbledon by holding off a mini-fightback from Russia's ...

Weather: Sunny. High of 80 degrees. Attendance: 45,370, a record for Day 4, and an increase of 4,489 over the same day in 2008.

Indianapolis Tennis Championships tournament director Kevin Martin is certain of one thing.

Eurosport commentator Simon Reed has installed Britain's Andy Murray as his favourite to win Wimbledon.

Andy Roddick could meet world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals if the Wimbledon draw plays out and Nadal is able to defend his championship title.

ANDY MURRAY has been handed a huge Wimbledon boost after being drawn to face world No.76 Robert Kendrick in the opening round.

The Indianapolis Tennis Championships added another former champion and a former No.

Third seed Gilles Simon edged Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria by a count of 7-6, 7-6. And another Frenchman, Nicolas Mahut, also won two tie-break sets to knock out the Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic.

Injured Rafael Nadal is battling time to reach full match fitness for Wimbledon.

Grigor Dimitrov Photo: " "N N o 2 N N 1 2 o" Bulgaria's top-ranked tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, qualified for the second round of the Aegon Championship at Queen's Club in London after defeating Spaniard Ivan Navarro 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Dimitrov, who is world number 361, took one hour and 36 minutes to defeat his opponent, ranked 82ng in the ATP Tour ...

Top seed and ATP World Tour No. 3 Andy Murray begins his title quest at the AEGON Championships on Wednesday when he takes on Italian Andreas Seppi in the second match on Centre Court.

Top 10ers Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils headline the Aegon Championships this week at the Queen's Club, where the four-time champ Roddick takes the favorites position after the withdrawal of defending champion Rafael Nadal.